Yagada Squad
Odin let out a hollow chuckle as he listened to Lee Jua's voice streaming through his earphones. "No way, she's streaming Battlelands without Discord installed?"
For any game streamer, Discord was as essential as a mouse or keyboard. Hell, even for casual gamers who took their games seriously, it was practically a core Windows component. Especially in a team-dependent game like Battlelands, where communication was everything. And yet, here was Jua boldly declaring she needed to install it.
Odin's chat window was scrolling just as fast as Jua's, making it hard to keep up.
"Is this girl for real, or is it all an act?"
Her overwhelming physical skills, proven by handcam, clashed hilariously with her baffling sloppiness. This grunt streamer named Jua was radiating some weird charm.
"Whatever, let's wait till she installs it. Gotta ask if I can bring the rest of the squad."
Originally, Jua's stream content was viewer-participation squad interviews. But with a big shot like Odin crashing the party, picking random viewers would've messed up the balance and the visuals.
> Jua, have you found the rest of the members? Mind if I bring some?
"Oh? Odin'll recruit them himself? Hmm... not a bad idea. Can't have the site boss out scavenging grunts forever. I hereby appoint Odin as squad leader."
> Thanks... guess I have to?
"...You should be overwhelmingly thankful."
Odin smirked, dropped a thanks in chat, and without delay, fired off a Discord message to Zeus—complete with Jua's stream link.
Odin shook his head and forwarded Jua's stream link to Zeus.
Under Odin's threat-like invite, Zeus joined the Discord channel Odin had set up a moment later.
"Ah, seriously. Teo's squad is paying 30k per kill right now... can't ditch hyung either."
"...30k?"
Odin nearly bit for a second. Zeus, Teo, Odin—throw in any fourth and they'd rack up at least 30-40 kills easy.
"Damn, that's like a million per game rough."
"Right? Hurry up and DM Teo."
"...Nah, I'm not swayed by money. Gotta have loyalty to people."
"What bullshit again."
While Odin wavered over the cash, Jua finished installing Discord and connected to the server.
"Ah, Jua's here."
"Uh... hi?"
"Hi? Zeus here, dragged by Odin hyung."
"...Z-Zeus? The PWS all-time #2 Zeus?"
"Sorry for bringing a perennial #2 scrub. But he's the tankiest I know."
Jua had figured Odin would grab some random kill bet player with free time. Never dreamed it'd be the guy with 2 LGC wins, 1 LGS win, PWS cumulative #2.
Zeus was shocked too.
"Whoa... I don't praise Jua players much cuz of all the water buffalos, but your voice is insane good."
"...Thanks. You too, Zeus."
The chat blackened instantly, but Zeus ignored it. Jua didn't bother either. The spazzing viewers awkwardly shut up soon enough.
"But... with Zeus too, won't the daily rates skyrocket? Might not cover your wages..."
Jua quickly composed herself, sticking to her laborer bit.
Odin burst out laughing at her deadpan grunt vibe.
"Don't sweat the wages—we'll squeeze donations from viewers. So... run the 3-man squad? Or grab one more?"
Odin and Zeus alone could chicken solo queue easy. Add the still-mysterious skilled Jua? For normal games—not top comp—this was overkill.
"Um... but you're both ex-pros. Can I call shots? I'm the site boss after all..."
"Pardon? You calling shots?"
Zeus sounded baffled. A grunt girlcam ordering two pros? New content?
...Even if her orders suck, gotta follow and die?
"Tch... site boss says jump, we jump. What's with the attitude? Give us orders comfy-like, Jua boss. We'll follow."
"...I'll... try."
"Thanks."
With Odin and Zeus under her thumb, Jua's cheeks flushed. Her voice pitched up, brighter tone.
"Alright, Yagada Squad work starts now? Send invites."
With Jua's chipper voice, three characters lined up in the lobby. Flashy skins on Odin and Zeus—Jua's default gray tee and cargo pants grunt stuck out.
"Site boss, work clothes are plain huh."
As they waited for match, Odin joked. Jua cleared her throat.
"Ahem, work gets everything filthy? Laundry costs pile up. Best wear disposables."
"True site boss philosophy. Learning tons."
"No biggie."
Zeus watched their talk show, still suspicious. Odin hyping a girl grunt? Her calling shots? Felt like a prank cam.
...Am I just the sacrifice?
While Zeus doubted the content, match popped. Plane took off.
"Yesterday ended Milcam... Gangnam today?"
"Gangnam? Early fights brutal... whatever, Odin hyung handles."
"What? You're grunt too—earn your wage or bust."
"...Keep bullshitting?"
"Helmets tight, folks. No comp injury claims."
"...Pardon?"
Plane from 5 o'clock veered to 11. 800m to Gangnam.
"Drop!"
Jua hit drop without hesitation.
Shwooooo—!
With Jua's signal, three chars parachuted. Yagada plus four more squads—16 total raining on Gangnam containers. Some headed Gangbuk.
"Land on conts? Backup right after weapons. Late farm docks pay."
"Yes boss! Pistol even, we bounce!"
"..."
Zeus was dumbfounded. Lecturing two ex-pros on backup speed? Odin acting like Jua had dirt on him. What kinda stream was this? Headache incoming.
"My right cont two, front warehouse one squad, one floored. Grab nearby solos, then warehouse."
"Yes boss!"
"...Sure, whatever."
Thud— Feet hit container, Jua's hands flew. Snagged MP5K SMG, ammo, reload.
Click—! Magazine in, quick holster-reload cancel. Just 1 sec faster—but early fights, that sec decides life/death.
"Ah! #1! Right gun grabbed, covering so get off cont—"
Zeus panicked, calling her #1 forgetting name. Before he finished—
Jua's MP5K spat fire.
Tat-tat-tatang—!
Handcam wrist twitched fine. Iron sights—blood sprayed enemy body. 10 shots, all body hits confident, mouse dragged.
Tat-tat-tatang—!
> NogadaBro's MP5K downed PotBreaker.
> NogadaBro's MP5K downed KimbapWormClan.
"...Huh?"
"Kya, site boss as expected. See? Told ya skilled."
"Not over yet, back hyung."
"Got it punk."
Tat-tat-tatang—!
> Odin's AKM downed HoldoutBug.
"Team 24. Three down. Boss."
"Ah yeah, one left on cont. Full squad warehouse. I'll hold warehouse—you two clean 24."
"Yep!"
"...Hold alone?"
"Yeah can't hold long. Hurry."
Jua strode bold to hold warehouse while pros cleaned 24.
> NogadaBro's MP5K downed RedGinsengTone.
> NogadaBro's MP5K downed MyGuma.
> NogadaBro's Frag Grenade downed Tian Xiwei.
> NogadaBro's Frying Pan killed ziHeadshotRNG.
....
....
She wiped the container squad in seconds.
Odin and Zeus finished hidden 24, ran backup to warehouse—spotted NogadaBro's name in kill log.
"Eh? Wait... all downed...? Even frying pan kill?"
"See? Told ya!"